Waking in the morning, I had one request at the driver meeting. I had heard about a grove of giant cedars in the state, they were near Libby and I wasn't coming this close without seeing them. We headed out of our bunk house in Whitefish, headed north, 38 miles to Trego, where we turned west onto NF36 and took on 45 miles of paved road, that was beat into submission by years and tons of logging trucks. Once we made it to US 2, we stopped to assess any damage we incurred due to pot holes and uneven bridges. There was none to speak of, but it had all the makings of a shock absorber commercial gone wrong. While stopping in Libby for a bite to eat, I met a local old man, that gave me some decent directions in trade for letting him sit on my bike. (fair trade)
From Libby, we headed north on US2 toward Troy and headed south on 56, to the southern tip of Bull Lake. The cool part started when we hit the 7 mile, paved road, back to the cedar grove. It was like getting to haul ass on a private bike path.
A fallen giant. Without any reference, it's hard to see how big these boys are.
So, here some big boys!
Big Timber celebrating his heritage! 3 tours will do that to you.
Anyone can look at the outside of a tree. I found a small opening and crawled inside.
Time to head back to the bunk house. We decided to travel 37 north along Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River until we got to Eureka, where we hit93 south back to Whitefish.
We had pizza and great beers at the Black Star Brewery. http://blackstarbeer.com/
Another 280 miles of WOW!
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